Historical Narrative

This Liberty ship was named
for Sam Houston
(1793-1863). Sam Houston was a lawyer, soldier, statesman, and leader of the Texas Revolution. Houston was
an officer in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and led Texan forces as a
major general during the Texas Revolution. Houston served as a Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee from 1823-1827, Governor of
Tennessee from 1827-1829, President of Texas from 1836-1838 and from 1841-1844,
U.S. Senator from Texas from 1846-1859, and Governor of Texas from 1859-1861.
Houston was an important figure in Texas history and is the namesake of
Houston, Texas.

MARAD has no written history for the Liberty shipSam Houston at this time.

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Shipwreck Information

Vessel Information

Owner

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Operator

Waterman Steamship Corporation

Operator Agreement

Unknown

Flag State

United States

Incident Information

Incident Date

June 28, 1942

Use at Loss

Cargo Transportation

Cause

Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments

Torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-203 while en route from Mobile, Alabama to Bombay, India.